Mumbai Indians will face Lucknow Super Giants in the 63rd match of IPL 2023 to stay in the playoff race. Under the leadership of Krunal Pandya, Lucknow defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match. At the same time, Rohit’s Paltan defeated the
table topper Gujarat Titans.
In IPL 2023, Lucknow Super Giants have played a total of 12 matches so far, out of which the team has won 6, while the team had to face defeat in 5 matches. Lucknow currently has a total of 13 points, and to secure their place in the playoffs, the team will have to win both the remaining matches. Lucknow’s performance in the last match was excellent. Captain Krunal Pandya did wonders with the ball, while Prerak Mankad and Nicholas Pooran wreaked havoc with the bat. Lucknow would like to maintain the same form against Mumbai as well.
On the other hand, the confidence of Mumbai Indians is on a high note after beating table-toppers Gujarat Titans in a one-sided fashion. Suryakumar Yadav has returned to his fiery form and scored a century against Gujarat. At the same time, opener Ishan Kishan is also making a big bang with the bat. However, the recent form of skipper Rohit Sharma is definitely a matter of concern. In bowling, Piyush Chawla has been successful in getting the team wickets at crucial times, while the performance of young fast bowler Akash was tremendous with the new ball in the last match.
The matches played so far at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium have been low scoring. The bowlers have troubled the batters a lot. A total of 6 matches have been played in IPL 2023 at Lucknow’s home ground, out of which the team batting first has won three.
The average first innings score at the Ekana Stadium this season has been 147. So far, 200 plus score has not been scored even once on this ground of Lucknow. It is worth noting that on this ground, Gujarat successfully defended 135, while RCB successfully defended 126 runs. The temperature in Lucknow can go up to 42 degree Celsius on Tuesday. There is no chance of rain either. In such a situation, the fans will get to see the complete match.
Possible Playing XI Of MI:- Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma/Nehal Wadhera, Cameron Green, Tim David, Akash Madhwal, K Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, C Jordan, Jason Behrendorff
Possible Playing XI Of LSG:- Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock, Prerak Mankad, M Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Amit Mishra, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh
